Emily Bett Rickards knew very little about professional wrestling before signing on to play one of its most important female ...

"I can't sing and I can't dance," Mildred Burke tells her future manager, husband, business partner (and later ex-husband and ...

The actor and writer/director tell the story of the first million dollar female athlete in history. Emily Bett Rickards and ...

In Ash Avildsen's new film Queen of The Ring, Emily Bett Rickards plays the role of Mildred Burke, a single mother who defied the odds in the 1930s to become the first million-dollar female athlete in ...

Most ardent wrestling fans have at the very least heard the name Mildred Burke, even if they are not intimately familiar with her rise to fame in the 1930's, 40's and 50's. Many casual members of ...

The titular character of Mildred Burke is played by 'Arrow' star Emily Bett Rickards. While speaking with Denise Salcedo for a new interview, Rickards stated that the character of Burke inspired her ...

Actor Gavin Casalegno chatted about starring in the new wrestling film “Queen of the Ring” alongside Emily Bett Rickards, which was directed by Ash Avildsen. Gavin Casalegno. Photo Credit ...

Among them was giving Green Arrow a geeky female sidekick in Emily Bett Rickards' Felicity Smoak, the spiritual successor to Smallville's Chloe Sullivan. Felicity was soon established as ...

For some, the sport of pro wrestling might bring to mind big — often muscular, usually athletic — men. But for close to a century, a contingent of women — generally smaller and athletic ...

Emily Bett Rickards and Josh Lucas appear in a scene from “Queen of the Ring.” (Submitted) Thanks to her ability and showmanship, Mildred, aka “The Kansas Cyclone,” draws enthusiastic ...

Based on the book of the same title by Jeff Leen, Queen of the Ring tells the story of Mildred Burke (in a dazzling performance by Emily Bett Rickards), one of the very first professional ...